[ummonk]

>That it is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death isn't enough to justify the extremes of vitriol I see in the US.

Depends on what you consider vaccine-preventable. The flu kills far more, and increased adoption of the annual vaccine would have a bigger impact in reducing deaths than anti-Baxter’s getting measles vaccinations would.

[BeetleB]

I double checked my source - and it turns out I read it wrong. It is "one of" the leading causes of vaccine preventable death.

Flu definitely kills a lot more. I don't know how many would be preventable by a vaccine, given that the vaccine isn't that effective (compared to measles).